The IDF responded by with a missile strike on the PFLP base at Sultan Yacoub. Demography In 1838, Eli Smith noted Sultan Yacoub's population as being predominantly Sunni Muslim. Along with Baaloul, the village was an important source for Arab immigration to Southern America, especially Brazil and Colombia where entire Arab immigrant communities are made exclusively from people originally from these two villages, such as in Maicao, Colombia. References Bibliography External links Soultan Yaaqoub, Localiban Populated places in Western Beqaa District